The Courthouse is as Good as Dead.

[02roadking]

From the Jaxdailyrecord.com:

There may not be any visible work being done on the new County Courthouse, but the bills are still piling up. Rink Design Partnership Controller Stephen Voellinger sent Steve Diebenow, Mayor John Peyton’s chief of staff, an invoice for “service charges on the past due balance.” The invoice is for $14,418.68 and the current outstanding balance is $1.34 million

[Charles Hunter]

All good questions and research.

[RiversideGator]

Finally the adults are in charge again with the courthouse fiasco.

[Charles Hunter]

Should Coxwell - the company Mr. Mousa still works for - be eligible to get any contracts or sub-contracts on the Court House?

[mtraininjax]

  Another ringing endorsement for John Peyton and his worthless legacy. How much did we spend on the Super Bowl and what was that economic impact again? 

[gatorback]

 "The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."  -- Mark Twain

The old mug hit this right on the head.  I think the reason we're having problems with this has to do with we don't have the money for it.

[JeffreyS]

Here is my suggestion for the new courthouse.

[JeffreyS]

I need help adding pictures.

[jeh1980]

Here is my suggestion for the new courthouse.

I saw the picture of the old U.S. courthouse. But is it big enough to be the new courthouse?

[thelakelander]

I need help adding pictures.

1. Upload images from your hard drive to a photo host site like: www.photobucket.com

To post on Metro Jacksonville Discussion Boards

2. place [img] in front of image's web address in your post.

3. place [/ img] in back of image's web address in your post. (remove the space between / and img)

4. When you finish your post, the image should show up (make sure no spaces are between anything).

[Steve]

I saw the picture of the old U.S. courthouse. But is it big enough to be the new courthouse?

What you could do is gut the interior, and use the exterior pacade for the new courthouse, and go up with it.

Like this:




These, by the way, are from lakelander's article on Toronto.  Talk about no comparison to Jacksonville:

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/view/481/118/

[JeffreyS]

The old post office would even look better that the Toronto buildings.  I have no idea what the sq footage is of that building or if there are any plans for it.



Thank you Lake.

[thelakelander]

The old post office is already planned to become a part of the new courthouse complex.  A portion of the $400 million will be used to renovate it.

[JeffreyS]

Great now maybe we can save some money by making the other portion vertical.

[Matt]

that postoffice is a rather handsome building, however plain. good to see its getting included.